Wednesday, May 07, 2003
“Western democracy is based on versions of majority rule. But this presupposes that the majority can fluctuate and that the minority of the moment has a prospect of becoming a majority in due course. When the divisions are along tribal, ethnic, or religious lines, however, this equation does not hold. A group consigned to permanent minority status will not consider the political arrangement just."
– Henry Kissinger, Does America Need a Foreign Policy?, page 203, regarding bringing political structure to Africa.
This doesn't really pertain to anything besides the fact that it's an interesting observation from the book I'm reading. More current events later.
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